National Briefing | South: Louisiana: Amendment Reinstated

By Ariel Hart (NYT)

Published: January 20, 2005

The State Supreme Court has unanimously reinstated a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage that a lower court judge struck down. In October, Judge William A. Morvant of State District Court ruled that the amendment was invalid because it had more than one objective, to prohibit same-sex marriage as well as civil unions. The Supreme Court said both provisions were part of a single objective, to defend the state's civil tradition of marriage. Ariel Hart (NYT)